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Monsanto states in their announcement that they want to focus on their core business of seeds and traits. However, it is possible to speculate that this decision may have something to do with the current consumer backlash against bovine growth hormones. Though rBST seems to be more harmful to the cows than to humans, most people are still very concerned about artificial hormones in the milk they drink.
My question is, where is Monsanto going to find a buyer for Posilac? It's already banned in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, most of the EU, and Michigan. With mounting opposition to artificial growth hormones, my prediction is that Monsanto is going to have a hard time getting this product off their hands. What do you think will happen to Posilac?
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8-11-2008 @11:33AM naughtydogcafe said... We can only hope it dies a quiet death. Really, isn't what the cows give us already enough? Do they really need that hormone? Do we really need to make even more money off of them?
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8-11-2008 @1:24PM ronzo said... I hope it doesn't die a quiet death... I hope it goes down in flames, metaphorically speaking. I hope it doesn't sell. I hope they have to learn a hard lesson and let that lesson cause them to reconsider their product strategies and make much more responsible and ethical decisions...
Pfft...
Yeah, I'm a dreamer, I know...
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8-12-2008 @1:03AM band said... Good, they wont use that anymore. But their other GMO operations need to stop too!!
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8-12-2008 @9:09AM Baron said... There is always a buyer. Knowing Monsanto, they don't make a rash decision and I speculate that they have been working on a strategy to sell this for quite a while.
The article you linked to basically says there are no concerns for human health with the quantity found in pasteurized milk.
This seems like it should be banned and be much harder to sell before rBST is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirin#Adverse_effects
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8-14-2008 @1:23AM Bernie B said... I didn't know rBST wsa banned here in Michigan. Guess I've been checking the labels all this time for nothing =P
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